What would YOU do???
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free skin care · Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:44 am

OMG, something unbelieveable happened to me the other day, so I just have to vent/see what you guys would do.

OK, so as most of you know by now, my precious bunny boy Forest has had lifelong health problems, so I periodically drive over an hour to take him to this special animal hospital, which is what I was doing Tuesday. Our appointment was finished, and in anticipation of the long drive home I thought I had better visit the powder room. Unfortunately, the powder room at this particular hospital is just a single, unisex bathroom. This already makes me a bit uncomfortable because I'm very fastidious and can't abide the thought of sharing something like a restroom with strange men, however, any port in a storm, so I just sucked it up.

When I approached the powder room, I heard someone washing their hands at the sink and I realized it was occupied, so I stood patiently by and waited and soon enough, a man emerged. I have to admit, I was not happy to see a guy come out because I know what shape guys leave restrooms in, but I instantly mentally scolded myself for stereotyping that poor man, I entered the restroom.

The first thing that I noticed was the overwhelming bad smell. I grimaced and decided that as soon as I set down Forest and my bags I would fish out some antibacterial spray from my purse and freshen things up. So, I set all my stuff down, and then I saw it....

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(If you are sensitive like me or easily grossed-out, please stop reading now.)

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(You've been warned!!!!)

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In the toilet, staring right at me, was an enormous bowel movement and a huge pile of soiled toilet paper. Yes, that's right, this guy even bothered to wash his hands, yet he could not be bothered to flush the toilet in a small, unisex bathroom.

As you guys probably know by now, I'm something of a fireball, much to the chagrin and embarrassment of my shy husband. (I'll never forget the time my family and I were at a NON-SMOKING amusement park and some guy was smoking in line in front of a bunch of little kids. I gave that guy a shrill verbal beating that he won't soon be forgetting!) So, of course I wasn't ABOUT to let this jerk get away with making ME deal with his bodily waste, and I angrily threw open the door and stalked out to find the offender. Fortunately for him and unfortunately for my blood pressure, he had already made a hasty escape and was nowhere to be seen. I grudgingly returned to the powder room, flushed the offending bowel movement, and went on with my day... but I was still MAJORLY PO'd!

Whew, OK, I do feel somewhat better now after venting, so thanks guys. But a few questions still remain. Namely, why would someone do something so disgusting?? ("Maybe he forgot?" my husband ventured. Right, this guy remembers to carefully wash his hands, and yet he can't manage to remember to flush?? Wouldn't the awful smell serve as some sort of reminder?) And also, what would you guys do? Would you grit your teeth and flush it, or would you charge in liz-style and give the guy a "friendly" reminder?

free skin care · Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:26 am

Liz, sorry you had to deal with this. That's pretty darn disgusting all right. I have walked out of a bathroom and refused to use it because I opened the door and saw some nasty remains before. I would rather pee in my pants! lol Luckily I usually can hold my pee pretty well, so I'd just wait till I get home to use the toilet. Anyway, I think the reason he was nowhere to be found was probably because he knew what he did and hightailed out of there as quickly as he could. Why did he not flush? I at first thought maybe he tried but the toilet did not cooperate. I used a toilet at Ross once just for #1. I kept trying to flush after I was done, but it refused to do anything. I kept holding the lever a different way but nothing happened. After the 10th time, it finally flushed. Don't know why that was, but I was glad I persevered and no one else had to deal with my stuff. But from the sound of it, you were able to flush his crap right away, so it was probably not the toilet problem. Oh well, maybe he just got spaced out, or he's one of those with short term memory problems.

free skin care · Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:30 pm

I am chicken shit so I would not have try to find the guy, someone disgusting like that may beat me up or something ....

Given no choice, I will just have to do what you did, or go find another washroom and report him to the vet.

I just came back from China, and let me tell you, some people and washrooms are pretty gross there. Actually, I just remembered a similar incident happened at at public washroom at a luxurious condo development. Someone left the toilet unflushed and the unfortunate person next in line (luckily not me) complained loudly about "the quality of some people" (my translation here)

Thankfully I am back in good ole America now ... or maybe not in light of your experience..

Bad Grin

free skin care · Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:10 pm

I was going to say, "Guys are like that" then I remembered all the disgusting things I've discovered in the women's washrooms. I guess everyone has their spaced out days and some people are pigs! :-&

free skin care · Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:50 pm

Moocheez wrote:

I am chicken shit so I would not have try to find the guy Bad Grin

No pun intended there Moocheez.. Laughing

Liz, it's all just too yucky, you poor thing. I would have made a U-turn real quick and embarassed the --it out of that jerk.. Bad Grin

Then I would have found myself another alternative.

free skin care · Thu May 01, 2008 6:44 am

Go tell a guy to flush his poo down the toilet? Talk about a conversation I don't wanna have. Maybe a dirty look or two. Then I'd just go find a McDonalds, or a gas station.

free skin care · Thu May 01, 2008 11:27 am

violetanne wrote:

Go tell a guy to flush his poo down the toilet? Talk about a conversation I don't wanna have.

Oh ... me too, I don’t want that conversation either. But I’d be happy to have Liz there to deal with the offender Laughing

Reminds me of my worst ever public toilet situation. Was in a so-called up-market bar, went into the “ladies”, and was confronted by an extremely, shall we say, full toilet bowl. Well, there was only one women’s toilet, so I thought I’d try to flush it. Bad idea. It immediately filled with water, and all sorts of crap, literally, began flooding the floor. I ran for my life and managed to escape just before it hit my shoes Uggghhh!!

free skin care · Thu May 01, 2008 2:54 pm

I once had to use one of those portable toilets at a whitewater rafting trip. Holy moly, it was my first time. There was crap in the toilet with tons of flies. I refused to use that toilet and had to look for another that at least did not have that many flies! Talking about disgusting!! I shudder every time I remember that experience.

free skin care · Thu May 01, 2008 4:20 pm

Maybe he's just an exhibitionist of the worst sort.

free skin care · Thu May 01, 2008 6:02 pm

violetanne wrote:

Then I'd just go find a McDonalds, or a gas station.

OMG!! Reading that just brought back an awful memory from when I was 16.

I went into a gas station bathroom, and while doing a pee pee, just happened to glance up, and to my horror, Shock

saw 2 eyeballs peeking at me..

I never went in a gas station bathroom again..

free skin care · Thu May 01, 2008 8:19 pm

Kassy_A wrote:

violetanne wrote:

Then I'd just go find a McDonalds, or a gas station.

OMG!! Reading that just brought back an awful memory from when I was 16.

I went into a gas station bathroom, and while doing a pee pee, just happened to glance up, and to my horror, Shock

saw 2 eyeballs peeking at me..

I never went in a gas station bathroom again..

OMG NO WAY. Thats so creepy!

Anyways - why the hell didn't the guy flush?!? THat's so disgusting...

free skin care · Thu May 01, 2008 8:40 pm

Another possible scenario is this...he flushed, but only a little bit of water came out and didn't do much to get rid of evidence. He being a guy didn't pay attention or even look down to see if the crap was still there since he felt like he already went through the motion of flushing. So he went on to wash his hands and left the bathroom never even glancing back at the toilet. That's very possible since I know some public bathrooms do this. I often had to stand there and flush several times to get everything to go down.

free skin care · Thu May 01, 2008 9:30 pm

Dude. I dunno about you, but when I got #2 - even at home, I stand there to make sure its gooooone!

free skin care · Fri May 02, 2008 12:38 am

I could never use the public bathroom for #2 business, especially in a small place like that.

I think the most likely situation is that the toilet didn't flush the first time, although some toilets you have to press for the duration of the flush. Not that you want to think back on it, if everything was covered in water then there would have been an attempt to flush.

I've seen more disgusting toilets in China, you wonder how people's excrement can even end up in some of the places you see it in.......

My cousin who was a bit too westernised and refused to dress sensibly when we went out, tread through a public toilet in her baggy jeans, the hems of her pants were always covered in crud when we got home.

free skin care · Fri May 02, 2008 7:42 am

Kassy_A wrote:

violetanne wrote:

Then I'd just go find a McDonalds, or a gas station.

OMG!! Reading that just brought back an awful memory from when I was 16.

I went into a gas station bathroom, and while doing a pee pee, just happened to glance up, and to my horror, Shock

saw 2 eyeballs peeking at me..

I never went in a gas station bathroom again..

Ah! I'd be mortified! I think in that case I might try to confront whoever or even call the police. That's gotta be a punishable offense!

So I was telling my fiance about this and he says this is not uncommon among men's rooms. Sometimes men feel some sense of pride at their... accomplishments... and are sorry to see it go. Which brings me around to the fact that men are big babies.

free skin care · Fri May 02, 2008 12:09 pm

It was a horrible experience Violet, and although it is an offense punishable by law, I couldn't identify the "eyeballs"... Rolling Eyes

free skin care · Fri May 02, 2008 8:43 pm

miranets wrote:

I've seen more disgusting toilets in China, you wonder how people's excrement can even end up in some of the places you see it in.......

My cousin who was a bit too westernised and refused to dress sensibly when we went out, tread through a public toilet in her baggy jeans, the hems of her pants were always covered in crud when we got home.

I just came back after a 2.5 month stay in Asia, China among other places. Now I am wondering if I washed all my jeans clean enough or if any crud got transfered to other clean clothing in the suitcase. And now everything is put back into general wardrobe. I suppose I have to disinfect all my clothes now. Confused

Well, I was very very careful in the Chinese toilets, so hopefully, minimum crud. Rolling Eyes

Sat May 03, 2008 6:46 am

I work in housekeeping at a casino hotel, and never cease to be amazed at the number of people who leave the flushing for someone else to take care of. Manners are a thing of the past.

free skin care · Sun May 04, 2008 7:07 am

This thread reminds me of a quote by the great wit, Dorothy Parker:-

'You marry a poet, and the first thing you find out about him is that he forgets to pull the chain!' Shock

free skin care · Sun May 04, 2008 12:48 pm

That's gross Shock

but there have been times when I've been to the toilet but it wouldnt flush no matter what. I've tried waiting for at least 10 minutes before trying to flush it again, but it still wouldnt. So maybe the guy have been trying but there was something wrong with the toilet Confused

Re: the toilets in China---I can never go to those hole in the ground ones cos they're SOOOO dirty. I have probs in normal toilets in China (well HK, but its part of China anyway), but the holes are just too smelly somehow. I do think that there's a serious problem with some of the Chinese people and toilets though, cos some Chinese mothers actually encourage their sons/daughters to pee in the sink or just in the corner of the bathroom when the were cubicles available! Every year when I go back to HK, I see this Rolling Eyes

free skin care · Sun May 04, 2008 6:16 pm

hi yeahyeah,

Maybe you can tell me if this is true: My dad said that when he was in China he saw kids wearing diapers but the butts were cut out, or kids just not wearing anything on their little bottoms....??? Wha???? So where does it go if not in the diaper? Hey! No wonder the flowers are so beautiful there....lots of - um- "fertilizer"?

Strange potty habits in other countries, part 2: I also heard that it is illegal in Germany to refuse to let someone off the street use your toilet in your house....true?

free skin care · Sun May 04, 2008 7:26 pm

fawnie wrote:

hi yeahyeah,

Maybe you can tell me if this is true: My dad said that when he was in China he saw kids wearing diapers but the butts were cut out, or kids just not wearing anything on their little bottoms....??? Wha???? So where does it go if not in the diaper? Hey! No wonder the flowers are so beautiful there....lots of - um- "fertilizer"?

Strange potty habits in other countries, part 2: I also heard that it is illegal in Germany to refuse to let someone off the street use your toilet in your house....true?

Hi fawnie

I've actually seen those in TV dramas but never in real life. I think they do have such diapers but only in rural parts of China though cos I remember watching a fundraising show and I saw toddlers wear some weird diapers.

It would be interesting for any German members to chime in to see whether that's true!

free skin care · Sun May 04, 2008 10:21 pm

In Cambodia, I saw a little boy walking around without any clothes whatsoever. Poor thing! I guess they couldn't afford diapers.

Mon May 05, 2008 12:29 am

Maybe the flush didn't work!

free skin care · Mon May 05, 2008 1:39 pm

I just visited China and Cambodia. I saw the open pants in China. What the Chinese parents do is when the kid need to go, they just lift the kid up and the kid just go where ever. I was wondering why there is this bad smell at this luxury condo I was staying and thought yew, their toilets are so gross that the smell wafted out. Ummmmm, then one fine day, I saw a Chinese woman lifted the kid up and the kid peeed (I hope it's pee) right there, in public, at the bus stop. I guess that also explains why I saw workers hosing down and scrubbing up the public areas everyday, I thought they were being extra clean. I guess if they don't, the place will smell more even like a toilet.

As for Cambodia, the poorest kids don't wear any clothing at all. Or, I see frequently the young ones wearing no pants. I guess the place is so hot, it really does not hurt them, except for the sun, but the kids are dark complexioned and they probably have bigger worries than sun damage.

Here is a pic of some Cambodian kids at Angkor Wat, they are clothed though. They can't be that poor as they asked for $1US for this pic. Wink

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